Since U.S. President Donald Trump was elected in 2016, the world has come to view the U.S.-Russia relationship almost exclusively through the lens of Trump’s interactions with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Beginning with early suspicions about the Trump campaign’s ties to the Kremlin and continuing into 2019 with the release of U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on election interference, Trump-Putin personal exchanges have driven a dark public narrative. While it is not unusual for a relationship between two countries to blow hot or cold based on leadership dynamics, U.S.-Russia relations have received unprecedented scrutiny due to suspicions of collusion and obstruction.
Foreign Policy: How the United States can rebuild public diplomacy with Russia
People take part in an opposition unauthorized rally in central Moscow on August 31, 2019.
